The Sun. — London, England, 1838-03-22 00:00:00

ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HULL. The Committee met at the usual hour, when Mr. Wrangham resumed his argument in support of the vote of Robert Young. The room was afterwards cleared, and the Committee deliberated. On our re-admis sion, the Committee had decided that the vote must be struck oil. David Ross was objected to on the same ground. It appeared that he was an inmate rf the workhouse, and that the average expense of main taining paupers was 'ls. 9d. per week. The Governor and Guardians were, however, in the receipt of his pension, which amounted to 3s. 6d. per week. The Committee retained the vote. SEIAFTESBURY. Mr. GRAVES, the Revising Barrister for the Borough of Shaftesbury, attended this morning, in accordance with the request of the Chairman, and, being examined, stated, in contradiction to the evidence of Buck. land (Town-clerk), that there was an adjournment of the Revising Bar. rioter's Court last year ; upon which question it will be recollected no less than thirty-one votes depend. The Committee assembled DUßLlN. this morning at the usual hour, but strangers were excluded until about a quarter to twelve, when the doors were opened, and the Chairman announced that it was the opinion of the Committee that the objection to the vote of Thomas Creevy, which was under consideration when they adjourned yesterday, had not been sus. taineel, T'ne vote of James Ilatigan, 5, Mary-street, householder, belonging to Uri same class of objections (No. 5), and standing No. 113 on the first 'days' poll, was next attacked. Mr. A active produced the affidavit of registry. Francis Salmon, collector of the parish of Mary's, South, was next called, and stated that he received on the Bth Sept. 1837, the taxes due for the entire of that year. Received no money on account of these preWises, previous to that date. 'This closed the evidence against the vote. Mr. Hurrox said that three questions arose in this case. He con. tended first, that it was necessary to prove a demand for these taxes, before the voter could he disqualified for non-payment of them. Se condly, that the last instalment of the tax for 1837 was not due or Payable before the election, and he consequently only owed one half years's amount at the time of polling ; and thirdly, that assuming the whole year's tax to be due at the election, it became due within the six months previous, and the voter was en. titled to a clear six months' credit in point of time, under the provisions of the Reform Act. Mend liea Tixo said the i nconven i ence o f th e course takers by his Learned d (Mr. Austin) yesterday, was now evident. Mr. Thessiger had addressed himself to the five different objections suggested by his Learned Friend, the Committee had, however, decided only one of thorn, and he Would now be compelled to re-open the argument again. The three objections taken by Mr. Hutton, were nearly similar in their nature, and he would not, therefore, have occasion to trouble the Com- Mittee at any length. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to address himself to the points in question, which were argued yesterday at great length by Mr. Thessiger, and in the course of his argument, quoted a decision of the former Dublin Committee, and said that he supposed his Learned Friend, Mr. Austin, when he came to address the Committee would comment se verely on that decision. Mr. AUSTIN, in the course of his reply, said he did not feel himself called upon to impugn the conduct of the Committee further than this, that, looking as a lawyer at their decisions, he considered them entitled to no respect whatsoever. He had no doubt that every gentleman who had acted on that Committee had decided with the most conscientious intentions, but he did impugn their judgment. He remembered well the astonishment which the decisions of the Com. mittee had created amongst lawyers at the time, and he could only say, that admitting, as he did most fully, their conscientious intentions, it Was undeniable that that Committee had had the strongest possible bias against the franchise of Dublin. This Com NE WRY.: mittee met at eleven o'clock, when Mr. MERENVETHER s tated he shou!d rest the case of the petitioner (Mr. Brady, Liberal), upon the non.qualification of the sitting Member (Mr. Ellis, Tory), lie then called Mr. Ross Glenine to put in and prove the poll-books. The witness stated that he was not the proper officer, but appeared on behalf of his father, who (as Seneschal) had the legal custody of the poll books, but was prevented from attending in person by a sudden attack of illness, in which he had to undergo a severe surgical operation. Mr. THESSIGEIR objected to the poll-books being received as evidence, unless proved by the Seneschal in person. The COMMITTEE, after a long consultation, decided that the poll books could Not be received ; and Mr. Serjeant Mcamwe'rasn, for the petitioner, then withdrew his ease, and the sitting Member is declared duly elected. [To be concluded in a Second Edition.] CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, For ithe Week ended March 16, ,633, made up from the Returns of the lespeetors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat s6s. 3:1. Oats B arley 2Bs. 10d..1 Rye ... ...... 31s iid. 1 I Pease '3s. Od. DIPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat sss. 5d.1 Oats Barley 2Ba. 9d. 1 Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat......... 31s. Bd. 1 Oats I Barley l 9 s. 104. Rye Out of the one hundred and fifty towns from which the averages are taken, the highest weekly average of Wheat was at Guildford, where it Was 645. 9d., the lowest at Haverfordwest, where it was 50s. Od. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFORD MARKET. Meat continues high. The supply and the trade good. Beef, 7d. to to 834 d. ; Mutton, 7d. to 9d. ; Veal, Bd. to 10d. ; Pork, 7d. to 8 1 / a d. Fish dear rather, as they were every where else. Turbot, 6s. 6d. to 18s. and 19s. for large ; Soles, 9d. to 96. per pair, and higher for large, Cod scarce of good quality, and high. Vegetables dear, and not plenti ful, In Hay and Clover no variation in value. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. To-day the supply was to a fair extent. Trade brisk, and prices snitch as yesterday. Soles 9d. to 35. ; Turbot ss. to :Hs ; Lobsters still cl ear; Mackerel 6,1 to Is. aach ; Salmon 2.5. to Os. 3d. Mackerel will now contribute to keep the price of other fish down. HAY MARKET. The supplies to-day were not so large as they have been of any description, but the demand is good; prices remain unvaried from our last quotations. SILK MARKET. There is not much doing just now, either in Italian or East India. Prices however, continue firm. OIL MARKET. The only fresh matter is that 193 pps., 207 hhds., and 20 tanks of Ceylon Cocoa Nut Oil were put up to public bale—part only sold. /Ihds. and pipes at 351., and tanks at 301. per ton. BALTIC PRODUCE MARKET. Hemp fetches, at public sale, 191, 15s. to 201. and Jute 12/. to 13/. per ton. Tar is quoted at 1 7s. 6d. per barrel for Archangel. British Pitch, 68. 6d. Timber secures a steady produce—prices firm. Tallow 5 75. 6d. for P.Y.C. COLONIAL MARKETS. The imports are not very heavy. Business continues languid. Bri. Hall Plantation Sugar is very quiet; the sales do not average daily more than 100 hhds., prices tending downwards. To-day we have public sales of Mauritius Sugar, Havannah, and Brazil, but not large. The market continues without activity, and, with the exception of Foreign Produce, the tendency of prices is to decline, and where to-day they liter, they are again lower. Coffee, 8.P., a public sa'e, but not a large one. The market is flat, and prices, where they vary, decline. Refined Sugar is little better than nominal. Fine crushed 365. In Molasses nothing doing. Spices are flat, but still not tending to de cline so much as other Commodities. Pepper, Ginger, and Pimento . fir m. Rum is n o t d earer , but very firm. Cotton very dull. We have lar ge Public sales of Colonial Wool and Drugs this evening. For to morrow the principal sales are of Wool, Mauritius and Bengal Sugar, Ceylon Coffee and Saltpetre. None of then large, except Wool. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAncit 21. The sales to.day are altogether about 3,500 bags. We have no altotation to report from the business of yesterday. The purchaser has the advantage of a larger choice, there being considerably more Cot ton offering than during last week. 180 Surat, 4j 51 ; '2OO Egyptian, 12; 150 Bahia, 8; 150 Laguayra,l ; 150 Pernam, 9 ; '2,670 American, 5% 81. STATE OF TRADE.—The yarn market still con tinues in a depressed state, and lower prices were in many cases submitted to by the spinners yesterday. This decline, and perham the activity of the Liverpool Cotton Market, had s ome effect upon the buyers, nnd there was more business done than for some weeks past. In goods there was no material ehatr ge.—lllanchester Guardian. ROCHDALE. FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, March 19.—There is no improvement in the market to.day ; business has been slack and prices low. In the Wool market there has been but little doing, and Wool of every quality is easier to purchase than it has been for some time back.— Manchester Guardian. THE RAILWAYS.—The railways in this neigh bourhood are now progressing with all possible activity. The works on the North Union line are in very busy operation, and the disasters occasioned by the February storm are nearly repaired. A very sensible difference is observable in the state of the town generally, now that the canals are open for facilitating trade, and that the railways and other works are affording employment to the working population_ Presto re Chronicle. On Thursday afternoon, as the Vanguard steamer, about to be placed on the station from Goole to Hamburgb, Was corning up the Humber, an accident happened by which the loss of life occurred on board. The second engineer was applying oil to some parts of the engine, when, through some unfortunate circumstance, be became entangled with the ma chinery, and before the stupendous engines of this large vessel could possibly be stopped, the poor fellow was crushed in the most lu rrid manner, his head being nearly severed from his bo dy, and his whole frame completely destroyed. It is sup- Posed that he died imm e diat e lv.—Hull Observer. THE " VICTORIA " STEAMER.—Joseph Robin - son, one of the stokers, died on board the Dreadnought hos ltal-ship o n T ues d ay a f ternoon, b etween f our an d five o'clock. esterd a y afternoon the C o ron er an d J u ry met at the Mitre Tavern, Greenwich, and proceeded to view the body, which presented a shocking spectacle. On their return the Coroner, said it would be useless to take any evidence, as all the unfor- I nnate men met the i r death from t h e same cause. T h ey were , heerfore, discharged until Tuesday next, that being the day 4 Ploointed for the adjourned inquest on the bodies of the other three. A letter from a valley in the Canton of Berne Mates, as a certain prognostic of the spring being unusually Mild and the summer extremely hot, that a great number of bears have come down from the upper mountains, and are seen playing together as if they had entirely renounced their natural ferocity. A short time ago, a hunter advancing in cautiously found himself completely surrounded by several of these animals, who, instead of attacking him, continued their gambols, and allowed him to get out of the scrape without sustaining the least injury. On Tuesday afternoon a barge, laden with a cargo of bacon an d b utter, procee di ng d own th e r i ver i n c h arge o f two lighterrren, who were navigating her, was capsized by the I well ra i sed by the large steam-ship llienai, as she was pro ceeding up the river at full speed. The men had a narrow escape of their lives, and the barge went down nearly off East banc-sairs, ermondsey. A reat portion of the cargo ha een sinco p ß icked up by dredgermen g employed for the purpose.s LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MAneu 21.—Wind S.W.blowing strong.—Arrived and sailed for the rim - , the Eatl Powis, Spittall, from the Mauritius; Eagle, Paterson, from St. John's, N.B. ; Robert, from Cuba. The outward_ bound remain. P.S., Eight e M.—Just put back and remains, the Miranda, Hopper, for the Mauritius. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 21.—Wind S. W., fine—Arrived, Le Triton, Metaire, from Havre, for St. Brieux. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 20.—Wind S.W. to N.W.—Arrived the Cathe rine Boland, Primrose, from Antwerp to Belfast, with loss of jibboom. l'ut back, her Majesty's ship Volage, for the East Indies ; John Hayes, Hutchinson, for Barbadoes. FALMOUTH, MARCH 20.—Wind N.W. to W., strong gales, with vio lent squalls.—Arrived the James Hunt, M`Donald, from Aux Cayes to Falmouth for orders, sailed Feb. 6, with loss of mainmast, foretopmast, jibboom, yards, sails, rigging, boat, &c., part of the cargo thrown over, has had three feet water in the hold, having been struck by a heavy sea, and thrown on her beam-ends on the Ist inst., in lat 39. N., long. 43 W. Sailed, the Royal William (steamer), for Dublin. Put back, the Shannon (steamer), for Dublin. Spe ikings—The ship Mars, Castle, of and from Glasgow, for New Orleans, on the 10th Feb., oft' the west end of St. Domingo. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 9. a —The sloop Olive Branch, Ellison, from Rotterdam to Dublin, was dismasted, and became a wreck during a dreadful squall of wind, ten miles W. of the Eddystone this morning, and towed into this harbour by a pilot smack. . _ WHITSTABLE, MARCH 9.l.—The Thomas Blyth, Bowes, from the Mauritius to London, lost an anchor and cable in the Nob Channel yes terday, and has been supplied from hence. Wind, W. by S. Blowing hard. LOWESTOFFE, MARCH 21.—For the last two days it has blown a gale from W. to W.S. W., and continues.--Several large vessels have parted from their anchors near the Gunfleet beacon. YARMOUTH, MARCH 21.—1 t has blown hard yesterday, and to-day from S W. to W.S.W—The Leda, of Dundee, and the Brechin Castle, of Shields, Geldant, got in contact yesterday in working into the Cockle. The latter has received considerable damage, and is leaky. A steamer has been sent to tow her into these Roads. BERWICK, MARC!! 9.o.—The Swift, of Dundee, Small, ran ashore at Holyhead, on the I6th instant, but has been got off with loss of anchor and cable. HULL, MARCH 20.—Last night and this morning it blew a gale from S.W. to W.S. W. A sloop has upset and sunk off Cleaness. A schooner has parted and gone to sea. 6 C.sr , the sloop has righted, her mast is about half out of the water. 10 r.st., the gale continues from W. to W.N.W. 21st—It is blowing strong from N. W'. MARGATE, MARCH 21.—The Louisa, Lewis, from Gloucester to Lon don has come into the harbour to repair. RAMSGATE, MARCH 21.—Arrived the Lord Collingwood from Shields, with loss of bulwarks, &c., having been in contact with the Newton, from London to Cadiz. MARGATE, MARCH 21.—Arrived off, the Vivacious, Proom, from Seville; Nora, Brewer, from Sligo. DOVER, MA . RCII 21:—Arrived off, the Margaretta Catharina, from Batavia. DUBLIN, MARCH 20.—Arrived, the Ann Mondcl, Roberts, from Demerara. CALLAO, Nov. 29.—The Brilliant, Echevaria, arrived here I.sth inst., from Guayamas, very leaky, and has been condemned as unseaworthy. ST. JOIRN'I, N. 8., Fee. 9.—The Magnificent is reported to be in the Bay. The following has been posted at Lloyds : Extract of a Letter from the Agents at Lima, dated Nov. 29. We beg to acquaint you that last night we received accounts of the celebration of a treaty between the Plenipotentiaries of Chili and Peru, which happily terminates the war which these two countries have been waging with each other for the last fifteen months. Extract of a letter from the Agents at Liverpool, dated 21st inst. —" Mr. Court's letter of to.day will record further losses, the wind has veered to the N. W., which causes a heavy sea to roll in Bootle Bay, in consequence of which we much fear the Avon will become a wreck, although her cargo will be all saved. The Orient does not appear to have strained, and it keeps moderate; we expect she will float either to-morrow or Friday." Mem.—Mr. Court's letter not yet received. The Betsey, Tate, from Whitby to London, was totally lost on the Blacktail Sand, on Tuesday. The Consort, Armstrong, from Nullto Hambro', was driven on shore, near Paul, 20th inst., during a gale. The Mermaid, of Montrose, sunk oft' Holy Island, 17th inst. Crew saved. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. - - CITY ( THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have received New Brunswick papers of the 17th of February. They state that Molesworth, Hume, and Leader have been burnt there in l'efßigy. These worthies were, they add, the only Members, we be lieve, of the present House of Commons who, in their places, in that august assembly, could be found to take part with the Canadian rebels and in doing so had the effrontery to assert that the Province of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were disaffected towards the British Government, and they were only held within allegiance to the Crown by the presence of large military forces. UPPER CANADA.—The Legislature of Upper Canada appears to be acting with becoming liberality towards those brave men who took an Lctive part against the rebels. One hundred guineas have been voted to purchase a sword to be presented to Colonel 51 . Nab, and seventy-five guineas for a sword to be presented to Captain Drew, of the Royal Navy. The following is the present Civil List for Nova Scotia :—Lieutenant_ Governor, 3,0001. ; Provincial Secretary, 1,000/. ; Chief Justice, 1,000/. Puisne Judge, 1,950/. ; Attorney-General, 5001. ; Solicitor. General, 100/. ; Miss,Coxpension, 115/. ; Superintendent of Mines, 100/. ; Con. tingencies, 1001. Total, 7,9651. We have received the Journal du Commerce of Antwerp of yester_ day's date. The Dutch Funds come higher :—Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 55 7-16 ; Five per Cents., 1021 ; Spanish, 19f. These papers do not confirm the report of a definitive arrangement between the Dutch Government and that of Belgium. The following are the reports in the Dutch papers received at Ant werp of the 19th and 19th inst., in regard to the negociatlon between Holland and Belgium. The Handelsbind does not speak any more on the subject of the arrangement which was announced, and only rests on the article of the exchange ; on the 19th the funds were generally weak. The Handelshlad continues without any positive information on the subject, and only publishes two letters from his correspondent at the Hague, which throws but little light on the subject. The first letter states that nothing transpires respecting the diplomatic communication made to the Second Chamber on Tuesday last, that great activity prevails at the office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and frequent conferences are held with the King, at which the Prince of Orange takes a part, by which it is earnestly believed that the Go vernment are going to take a decisive step. The second letter states that steps are taking to bring to an issue the question of Luxembourg. The above paper concludes by stating that our speculators arc axiom for some confirmation (official) in respect to us; we have no further accounts on the subject. It was only yesterday, the 18th, that an illus trious Diplomatic stranger set off post from the Hogue for Frankfort, after having had, it is said, a long conference with the King. By the foregoing article, the Editor observes, it will be seen that the reports which were announced as being positive, caused great sensation, but at present they are enveloped in incertitude, as we have been kept three days in conjecture. FUNDS. Both the British and Foreign Funds are all of them active this morn. ing. Consols opened this morning at 93?, for the Account; closed at 93 IA a. Exchequer Bills, 62 64; India Bonds, 64 66. In the Foreign market Dutch Stock is the favourite speculation this morning ; it closed at 531 541, and has reached 24 per Cent., 551 ; Spanish 214, with Coupons ; Portuguese 30 to 4 ; Three per Cents., 20 to 4 ; Brazilian 794 80 ; Mexican 881 ; Colombian 284 291. We do not hear, as yet, of the arrival of the New York packets. There is a great demand for Southampton Dock Shares at Manches ter and Liverpool. The price is 5 paid, and 1/. 10s. to 2/. 10s. per Share premium. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock per Cent. ! - ted .. 3 per Cent. Cons. ......... %l a 3% per Cent.... ...... Ditto Red New 3% per Cent 10:%4 1 New S lice Crylt B,uk LongAnnultlestoexi.ire Jan. 5, 1860... Oct. 10. t 859 Jan. 5, 1991 Jan. 5, 181st April 5,1881 c ...... ..„, - Jan. 5, 1870„,„. OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds . Belgian Bonds 103% 4 Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds ... ...... DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock— Jitto Bonds South Sca Ste, k Old Annuities ...... New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, :751_ Exch. Bills, Ditto. 50 1 Date Small Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised Bank Stock for Account Inttx Stock for Account 263 Consols fcr Acconnt ""M4 THIS DAY AT ONE O'Ci..tiCr Perttviras Bonds ....... ............ Ditto Account ........... t'ortugtterel; ors .. Ditto Accost::' . Ditto New Bonds :0 Ditto Account Ditto, 3 per cent. VON c'nt. sian Bonds ltussian Bonds, 182'2. .... II I Ditto Account Ditto Metallic Spanish 11.. mids Ditto Account Ditto Bonds. ItEtz.4 ...... 1 4 141(,, Ditto Account French, a per —f. —c. ------. 4 ,er cent. —c. per cent......, —F. Exchange •—f. Dutch, six, per cent 54% 5) 5 Ddto Account ..... 5.34 5 Ditto, per cent.— 1031 4 3'i 34, Ditto Account lOl 3!4 S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Sib re. F.r.tern Counties Railway 5 Brig iton Railway Compmr Loudon and Blackwall Railway London and Southampton (New) Railway 5 24 3 London Grand Junction Railway Northern and Eastern Hallway Company N rth Midland Railway Company '3s 41 Asphalte... . PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 20. 3 per Cent. Consols 92% Grand Canal I)ebs. 6 per cent. 91% 8 Ditto Reduced per Cen - . Stock 99% Hibet nian Bank Ditto New, 16130 ..... 344 per Cent. Debentures Royalßank Stock Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock — -- cent Ditto Account It .tenos Ayres Bonds ....,. .. — Ditto Account — hilltay. Bonds ..... ....... Ditto Account Guutubtar. Bonds — Ditto Account ... ... ....... . - C :iumbian Bonds, I rr2s titto Account — I) , ault f100d5...... Ditto Account ..... ....... t;reck Bonht... , )Itto Rands, 1 , 325 ... Ditto Accoont Mexican Bonds, 5 per c,nt — , )ttto Account ....... f , litto • 6 per cent Ditto Account.... 2 9 l' ~., Neapolittn . — PhICES OF S'.IAIIES THI: HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Consols have been buoyant during the morning at 933 1 ; for Money, Exchequer Bills 62 Stocks, shut. , 64 ; India Bonds, 64 ; Bank and India In the Foreign Market, although no official information has been re ceived as yet of the settlement of the Dutch question with Belgium, the Dutch Funds have continued firm at the morning's improvement, and may be quoted a t present—'l %%.O per Cents., 55. The above rise, in all pr o b a bili ty, is owing to their coming higher from Holland by the Ostend mail ; but the prevailing opinion is that the Dutch affairs will be settled in London, and not at tke Hague. Spanish Active, 2 l ; Portuguese, 30 ; Three per Ce n t s., 20 ; Brazilian, Colom bian, 284 29 ; Mexi can, 28& ; and Belgian, 1037,- 104. Little doing in Shar es, w h ich are lower, with the exception of Asphalte, which is 121 prem. 794 ; Consols for the Accou n t , 92 3 THREE O'CLOCK. Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Barnes, G.C.8., was Colonel of the 31st Foot, which regiment is at present in India. Sir Edward Barnes was appointed Major in the late 99th Regiment in November, 1794 ; Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army in 1800. His commission as Major-General bears date June 4th, 1813, and he was appointed Lieutenant-Ge neral in May, 1825. He served on the staff in Spain and Portugal in 1812, and commanded a brigade at the battles of Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelles, Nive, and Orthes. He also firrved with the army in the campaig n of 1815, in the Nether lands and France, as Adjutant-General, and was severely wounded in the battle of Waterloo. In October, 1816, be was appointed Colonel of the 99th Foot, and in October, 1834, of the 31st Regiment. For his services, Sir Edward was appointed a G. C. 8., and was also a Knight of the Austrian Order of Maria Theresa, and of the first class of St. Anne of Russia. He was Governor of Ceylon in 1819. THE SUN, LONDON, TITURSDA : i 7 , MARC!! 22, 1838. MONEY auci COMMERCIAL MARKET. . i,,rsday.) (From the Mottling Pape t,t of till« day. ..-- ' - TIMES -A statement hag been reCeiteti Ut Ilit. , s_, , ort - glition os the New Orleatis bdtits; Made Up to the 23d of Detelifiet last, which contains softie points Worthy of notice: The no minal captal of the whole of the bank, sNteen in number, is stated at 51;000,000 dollars, of which nearly 4d,W0,000 was actually paid Up. Ot ttris the enormous amount of more than one half, or 20,000,000 dollar% !S . held in Europe, short of 7,000,000 dollars in different States of the titNr!,and ra ther more than 12,000,000 dollars in New Orleans City L'ild State. The total liabilities arc put down at 27,800,000 dollars, and the assets at 72,700,000 dollars, into which specie enters for 2,729,000 dollars only. The note circulation was 7,500,000 dollars. In looking to the items of which the assets arc made up, it appears, however, that upwards cf 43,000,000 dollars consist of " loans on bills and promissory notes and moat gages," nearly 2,500,000 dollars in " loans on pledge of stock," nearly 5,600,000 dollars in " loans on stocks of property banks, as required by their charter." The un certainty in the state of mercantile affairs must necessa rily affect the value of all this property, whether real or commercial, and it is most likely that considerable losses will occur in its realization. In the liabilities also there are included certain amounts for which the banks, or indivi duals indebted, may be perfectly responsible in the long run, but their position with respect to which can hardly be quite agreeable to Mr. Biddle's Bank. One of these is for 2,000,000 dollars, payable by half-yearly instalments by the Gas Bank to the United States Bank for the " purchase of the portfolio of the late bank of the United States"—that is, the purchase of " bills receivable," when the Charter of the United States Bank expired as bank of the Union. The next liability is of much greater magni tude, being a rum of 7,000,000 dollars due by the Mer chants' Bank to the late " United States Bank and agencies." In this amount bills receivable in train of collection, and protested bills of exchange, enter for above 3,440,000 dollars, the protested paper being to the amount of 1,000,000 dollars and above, and notes on hand of the late United States Bank for 1,180,000d5. The Merchants'bank, it must be observed, is the agency or corresponding bank in New Orleans of Mr. Biddle's bank. On a late occasion it will be remembered that, in answer to some remarks on the very con. siderable sum, no less than 38,000,000 dollars, said to be due from "other banks," in the statement of its affairs lately put forth by the United States Bank, it was answered on behalf of, if not absolutely by parties for that Bank here, that all that im mense sum represented merely balances due from its own branches, and was therefore the same as actual value existing in the cash-chest of the United States Bank. le was then shown by the example of the " branches" of the Northern and Central Bank of Manchester, that such a conclusion did not necessarily follow. Here, however, there is proof sufficiently positive in America that the debts due from the branches or agencies are by no menus of that solvent description which it was wished to be inferred. For it will be understood that the Merchants' Bank is not itself actually re sponsible for the " Protested Bills" now on hand, nor for any bad d :bts which may be contracted in the way of discounts. It is the holder of a large amount of United States Bank notes to be employed for the account and profit of its principal, in loans and discounts, simply as a matter of agency. , MORNING POST.—A new banking concern, to be entitled the Brasilio- Anglican Joint Stock Bank, has been some time under consideration, and as the Money Market is just now in a tolerably favourable state for the introduction of tridertak ings of this nature, it is beginning to excite a good deal of at tention. The promoters of the project propose raising a ca pital of a million sterling, to be divided into shares of 20 1 . each, one-half to be lodged in Brazil, the other in England and the Continental cities. The object of this establishment is, as we are informed, principally that of facilitating the Exchange operations carried on between the Brazils and Europe, which are extensive—probably not less than four or five millions sterling annually, including the business of the Continent and North America, generally done through the intervention of England. It is anticipated, however, that the advantages to be expected from the proposed institution will be found chiefly in the Brazils. No Bank exists there at present, and there will consequently be no local competition to encounter. It is in tended to limit the first instalment to 21. per share, which will, it is conceived, be sufficient to cover the expense of obtaining the necessary grant from the Brazilian;Government and the Act of Incorporation in England. Some high names have been mentioned to us in connection with this embryo Association, and from all we can hear concerning it there is a probability of its being well supported. MORNING CHRONICLE.—Shares generally were very flat, and rather a material depression occurred in some of them. It was alton•ether a languid day at the Stock Exchange, and this seems to be the only cause of the fall. Birmingham, old, re ceded to 83 prem. ; ditto, new, 261 to 27} ; Southampton, 431 to 441 prem. ; ditto, new, 191 to 201 prem. ; Brighton, 0 1 to fi prem. ; Blackwall, 3 to t, prem. ; Leeds and Manches ter, 17 to 19 prem. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 31- to prem. ; North Midand, 51 to 61 prem. ; Birmingham and Derby, 2to 1 dis. ; Croydon, l to 1 dis. ; ditto, new, 6to 7 prem. ; Greenwich, 3to 2 dis. The shares of the Asphalte Mastic Company were again a good deal dealt in, and main tained their price well, amidst the general gloom, being last marked at 7 to 8 prem. Dutch securities have been very heavy all the day, and have receded ,) per cent. since yesterday, the purchases on account of the King of Holland having ceased, and the stocks again left to the estimation of the public, who, at last, we are in formed, are beginning to make inquiries on the subject, and to investigate the matter. The Five per Cents. left off at 1031 to 4, and the Two-and-a- Half per Cents. at 53; to 5.4. Spanish Active Stock is a little higher, and an impression is very general in the City, that the result of a political negotia tion in reference to the settlement of the Spanish question will be made known in a few days. MORNING HERALD. —lt appears by the commercial letters which have been received from Liverpool and other outports, that the determination of the Bank direction to export bullion as a source of profit to the United States, has created great hope and expectancy that this new operation will benefit the commerce of this country considerably. It, however, remains to be seen, as we have said before, how this or any forced sys tem of trade can benefit a commercial and manufacturing com munity, whilst the experience of our m en o f b us i ness h as taught them that at all times a natural and steady trade is pre ferable, as regards the prosperity of the country, to one founded on the wild impulses of speculation, such as that between this country and the United States in 1835-1836, of which too man y of our mercantile men have too bitter a memory, and for which the Bank of England direction of that time had for. mu ch to answe r _ The impression amongst our men of business respecting the exportation of gold to the United States, by the Bank direc tion on their own account, amounts to this.--viz., the Directors had discovered that it was temporarily profitable to expont bullion to America, and that many merchants had com menced the operation, and feeling, as in duty bound, that a dividend mint by some means or other be cobbled up, for their proprietary next October, they have resolved to follow their example. We believe that if the commercial aspects of the country do not suddenly change, little harm may be an icipited by this new operati on , aga i nst which there is no proviso - in their charter ; at the same tim e th ere are strong op i n i ons against the measur e . I n f act, had any of the joint. stock banks in Scotland, t h e country, or London, steppe d out of the usual course of their banking business, t o make s uch operations, w e , as we ll as many other parties, can well imagine the outcry that would have been raised in parlour against such an innovation of banking prin the bank ciples. Th e determination of the House of Commons' to permit Colonel Seale to introduce a Bill into Parliament to sanction t h e manutocof foreign wh ea t i nto bread stuffs, has created great deal of atte ntion here t o - day , and of course has b een ‘ v l i(%ved by men of experience, not of the modern school of po litical econom y, as a very dangerous experiment, inasmuch as the project is not calculated to give any extension of employ ment to British shipping, whilst, if carried, it may tend to cmb , r - ass the Bank of England as new dealers in bullion, par ticularly if it should, as it most certainly is expected, give a new stimulus to the importation of foreign corn. A stronger impression has prevailed here to-day, than even during the course of yesterday, that the question of Luxem burg, which has so long agitated the Netherlands and Bel gian Cabinets, has been finally arranged ; in consequence, as our remarks upon the state of the foreign market will show, the value of Dutch Securities, about which so much ridicu lous twaddle has appeared in one or two of Contemporaries, has improved. It seems, however, that the bona fide holders of Dutch stock have not yet been frightened out of their pro priety by the bearishness of these contemporaneous remarks. We find that money for commercial purposes continues to be more in demand, and that it obtains a better rate of interest in the commercial money market, of whirls the fall in most of the share schemes is some indication. CHORAL SOCIETY, The annual concert of theaboire Society teolt place, last night, at the Hanover Square Rooms. Mr. F. Cramer was the leader of the baud ; and Mr. Knyvett occupied the seat of conductor; but m;ght have been absent without the slightest detrittietit; in titir opinibii; to the Weil:et:ling Cif the orchestra. The room was crowded to excess. Upon the whole, the evening's selection was good, tut the pieces performed wen not distinguished by any peculiar excellence i❑ their execu tion. The chorusses, which at the annual display of a Society of this character, ought to form the main feature, were ex ceedingly limited in number, and very indifferently sung; be sides they wanted that mass of voices we have latterly been ac customed to hear in chorus. At Exeter Hall they are usually far more effective than they were last night. The coronation anthem was but middling. " There round thy starry throne" better ; but " Glory to God," from Joshua, was actually murdered. The voices were wavering throughout ; and the trumpet, through nervousness, we apprehend, broke down. We are bound to mention, however, as exceptions to the general failure that the oboe part was well executed, and that the horn was played by Mr. Rae with peculiar certainty of execu tion, and a fine round quality of tcne, such as we delight to hear from this beautiful instrument. Mrs. E. Knight, in "Hush ye pretty warbling," choir, sang loudly and coarsely; but the flageolet accompaniment was nicely played by Mr. Card. " Angels ever bright and fair," was, as usual, good in the hands of Mrs. Knyvett, but that lady, we:observed with regret, sang woefully out of tune in several other pieces. Mr. H. Phillips' " Lily on liquid roses floating," was sung with great spirit and chaste expression, and seemed to give universal pleasure, it being enthusiastically encored. The glee of Dr. Callcott, " With sighs sweet rose," by Miss B. Hawes, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Parry, jun., was also one of the gems of the evening ; it was beautifully sung, and Miss Hawes' fine voice and pure style were particularly admired. Mr. Bennett sung Adams' Posti lion's song very prettily in the second part ; but it is a thea trical affair, and had no business at the Concert of the Choral Society. The bells and the crack of the whip, so effective at St. James's, would not have been " classical and correct" at Hanover-square ; but they were missed nevertheless. " Adieu to dear Cambria," a Welsh air, to some very sweet words by Miss Lawrence, was well sung by Mr. Parry, jun , and still better accompanied by himself on the harp. In the canzonet " Come away, love," Miss Birch was not so effective as we have:been accustomed to hear her; the canzonet itself is long and heavy. Besides the vocal pieces, several instrumental solos were introduced at this Concert. In the first part Mr. W. S. Bennett played Mozart's Concerto in E flat, No. 14 ; and in the second Mr. Blagrove repeated the Fantasia on the violin of Maysoder, which he played at the first Concert for the Philharmonic Society. Both, we need scarcely say, were well worth hearing. The splendid overture to the Zaubertiotte stood in the programme as the opening piece to the second part. The introductory slow movement was omitted, and the allegro but indifferently executed. In the course of the evening, Mr. Distin and his sons played two pieces for five brass instruments—the Kent bugle, cornet-a piston, two horns, and trombone. The leading part, the bugle, was played with a fine quality of tone, and great taste, added to peculiar command and neatness in the execution of rapid passages. The accompanying instruments were also correctly and effectively played, with the exception of the trombone being rather too loud for the other parts. The in troduction, as a whole, was much admired, and was greeted with enthusiastic applause. The pieces were " Mira 0 Norma," from Bellini's Norma, and " Fatal Goffredo," with the air " Io L'Udia," from Donizetto's Torquato Tasso. The arrangement of the music is very skilful, and well contrived to throw the executive part of the composition into the hands of those members of the " brass band" who arc competent to master it. The Concert concluded with the Hallelujah Chorus, ae comranied by the shuffling of the feet of the auditory, who seemed in an unusual hurry to get away. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, in Grosvenor square, from their seat, Highclere, near Newbury ; the Earl of Cadogan, in Piccadilly, from Brighton ; Lady Scott, from Scotland ; Mr. and Mrs. Warrender, in Eaton-square, from Brighton; Count and Countess de Salis, from Paris; Sir Simon Clarke, from Bognor; the Earl of Malmesbury, in Whitehall-gardens, from his seat, Heron -court, Christchurch; Lady and Captain Gordon Drummond, from Leamington Spa ; Captain and Mrs. Gage, at Mivart's Hotel, Brook street, from their seat Wingfield Park, Herts; the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe, at ditto, from his villa, at Richmond ; Mr. Henry Aston, at ditto, from a visit to the Duke of I3eau fart, at Badminton, Chippenham ; Mrs. Lushington, at ditto, from Herts ; Lady Smith, from Brighton ; the Hon. Mr. Weld and family, at the Burlington Hotel, Cork -street, from Lulworth Castle, Dorset; Major Brooks, at ditto, from Lan cashire; Mr. L. Sheil. M. P., at ditto, from Ireland ; Mr. J. Power, M. P., at ditto, from Ireland ; Mrs. Townley Parker and family, at ditto, from their seat in Cambridgeshire ; Mr. Richard Harrison, at ditto, from Liverpool ; Mr. and Mrs. St. George, at ditto, from a tour. DEPARTURES. The Conntess Bathyany, from Conduit-street, for Brigh ton ; Lady Scott Douglas, for Scotland; Major H. Cadogan, from St. James's-place, for his scat, Bankburn Priory, Northumberland ; Sir Thomas and Lady Lethbridge, from the Burlington Hotel, Cork-street, for Brighton ; Sir Robert Hardy, from ditto; Captain Hope, from ditto; Mr. C. L. Kirkman, from ditto, for Ireland ; Lady George and Miss Murray, for Bromley-place ; Earl Stradbroke, from the Brunswick Hotel, Jerm., n-street, for Henham Hall ; Major Baron Dieskau, from ditto, for Brussels; S. Sanders, Esq., from ditto, for the Isle of Night; Captain and Mrs. Peter son, from ditto, for Canterbury ; Baroness Bassett, from Theisly Park, for Dunstanville House, Knightsbridge. THE ARMY. The two battalions of Guards under orders for Canada are to be reviewed by Lord Hill the General Commanding. in_ Chief, this day, at 11 o'clock, in Hyde Park. The Dukes of Cambridge and \Wellington, the Colonels of the regiment, are expected to be on the ground. The troops march on the 26th instant for Portsmouth, to embark for North America. We regret to hear that the Earl of Dalhousie is so ill as to leave little hopes of recovery. His Lordship's decease would leave the Colonelcy of the 26th Regiment, now in India, vacant. The following Regiments arc daily expected to arrive in this country : The 11th Light Dragoons from India. The 45th Regiment from India. The 84th Regiment from Jamaica. In consequence of the late period at which the service com panies of the I 2th Regiment embarked for the Mauritius, they arrived in that colony in the warmest month ; the result has hen an unusually large number on the sick-list when the last advices came away. — Morning Paper. Sir J. Ross, and a deputation upon the subject of steam navigation, had an interview with the President of the Board of Trade yesterday. ___.... _ _ . . _ Sir William Molcsworth paired off with Mr. Ful ton against the Sabbath Bill. We regret to hear that his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex is confined by indisposition. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILwAY.--11e i.orts having reached us of some serious accidents having oc curred to the Kilsby and Brickwood Tunnel, on the London and Birmingham Railway, we arc glad to find, upon enquiry, that they are wholly unfounded. The worst effect of the late trying weather has been to damage a few bricks in the Brick wood Tunnel, and a small portion of the brickwork in Kilsby, where it was in an incomplete state ; neither of which cir cumstances will have the slightest effect on the opening of the line, but of course will tend to add considerably to the confidence of all parties interested in the success of this ereat wr'rk. That a work with so much water about it as Kilsby Tunnel should have received no damage, ex cept in a part which was unfinished, during a frost of so long continuance, when the thermometer was in some places at 12 degrees below zero, must afford a suffi cient guarantee that, notwithstanding the uncommon dif culties of that undertaking, they have been met with a corresponding degree of science and skill, and been fully sur mounted ; the trials it has been put to lately being of a much more severe nature than may ordinarily be expected in this climate. The line from Birmingham to Rugby may be con sidered as finished, although a few trifling things yet remain to be done ; but, in order to proceed with due regard to the safety of the public, it is not intended, we understand, to open it till the 9th of April, at which time that point between Tring and Denbigh Hall will also be ready.—Rai/tvay [We understand that the Company have given notice to Messrs. Chaplin and Co. (who are to convey passengers by coaches between Denbigh Hall and Rugby) to have their horses and carriages in readiness on the 9th of April; but that it is more probable that the day of opening will be Easter Monday, the 16th of April.—Manchester Guardian. THE COLUMBUS STEAM SHlB.—This vessel may now be seen in the Trafalgar Dock, Liverpool. She will P r° : ceed on her voyage early in April ; but, this being an experi mental voyage, she will not carry passengers. She is a beautiful steam ship and is neatly fitted up with aecomme.- dations for about twenty-five cabin passengers. She is, it will be recollected, propelled by Mr. Howard's patent va pour engines, of about one hundred and twenty hers"' power, and can carry fifty days' fuel at the same immer u as a steam vesse l o f t h e common equal power plan, of and tonnage, can carry twelve days' fuel. She will make about eleven miles per h our . Th e following de scr'ption of the machinery will be interesting:—" This steamer differs fl om all others in h av i ng , literally, no boiler ; she has s t eam generators i n w hi ch water in small quantities is m a d e to d rop f rom an orifice on a heate d plate, which rest s u p on a stratum o f mercury a b ou t three inches and a half thi c k, w hi c h i s h eate d up to t h e tempera ture of three or f our h un d re d d egrees b y means o f a fire un derneath. The res t o f t h e eng i ne i s s i m i lar to t h e c ommon low pressure engines, except that the cold water cistern is kept cool by means of pipes o f co ld sa lt w ater running through it. y It is originally filled with fresh water, so that the evil of using salt water for condensation is avoided. The fael burned is coke and stone coal, and the vessel will carry , ufficient for fifty days' consumption. The vessel steamed the whole of the way from London, and frequently attained a speed of eleven knots per hour. Such is the construction of this vessel ; and it must be acknowledged, that great ad vantages, even for short voyages, are obtained by the use of machinery occupying so little room as this does. It is said, however, that it is found extremely difficult to keep the joints of the vessel containing. the mercury perfectly tight, and that the efiect has been seriously to affect the health of the men employed.—Mancltester Guardian. EAST INDIA HOUSE. ( Concluded from The Sun of yesterday.) GRANT TO MARQUIS WELLESLEY. The DEPUTY CHAIRMAN directed the following letters to be read " East India House, 15th Nov. 1837. " The Most Noble the Marquis Wellesley, K. G., &c. &c. My Lord,—lt is with the highest satisfaction we under take the duty of communicating to your Lordship that the Court of Directors of the East India Company desirous of farther manifesting their deep sense of the ine stimable val ue and i mportance of the services which your Lordship ren dered to the Company during your brilliant career as Gover nor-General, when arrangements were framed upon which the maintenance and consolidation of the British power in India have since cssmtially depended, have passed a resolu tion appropriating to your Lordship's benefit the sum of 20,000 t , which resolution was finally approved and con firmed by the General Court of Proprietors on the Bth in stant, and subsequently by the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India. " We trust that your Lordship will he pleased to accept our hearty congratulations on this deliberate expression of the feelings of the Company, and to allow us to hope that you may derive as much pleasure from this proof of the admiration with which your servius in India are regarded, as we receive from being the organ of conveying it. " We have the honour to be, my Lord, &c. Szc. (Signed) " J. R. CARNAC. " J. L. LUSHINGTON." The reply of the Noble Marquis was as follows: " llurlingham, Fulham, Nov. 18, 1837. " The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Hon. East India Company. " Gentlemea,—The respectable authorities over which you so worthily preside could not have conveyed to me the com muniention of their deliberate .sentiments in a more kind or acceptable manner, by per!Ams more justly entitled to my high consideration and sincere esteem, _ _ _ "On you I rely to tender justice to the heartfelt emotions of ropectfut atta ,Lnlent with which I received this most gratifying communication. - " It is a considerable additional satisfaction, that this signal act of liberality and justice on the part of the Court of Di. reetots and of the General Court of Proprietors should have been so ilninediately confirmed by her Majesty's Commis sioners for the aftalits•of " The final resolution 6f the General Court of Proprietors is deed An the Bth of November, .1837. That day I must now deem aid ttolt auspicious of my long public life. " On the 6th of Novethber, 1707, I embarked fro m En g land to assume the arduous trust o f f Cfourrior-General. " During the course of my Administratiou, (which termi nated in tl.e month of July, 1805,) I had the happi ness And honour of being distinguished by repeated" proots of the favour and generosity of the Company. But ultimately judgment was reserved on the general principles and result of that system of policy which I had pursued during the whole course of my Government. " This reservation, however honest, wise, just, and neccs sary, was to me the cause of long, deep, and severe sorrow and pain. " Not the confidence and favour of three successive Sovereigns—not the dignity and power of various high official stations—not the Government of my native country (Ireland) twice entrusted to my hands, could compensate in my mind the disfavour of that respectable authority under v‘hich my earliest and best services had been rendered to the empire. " With equal wisdom, justice, and liberality—without any solicitation on my part—without any interference or influence of any description—casting away all passion, prejudice, and error, the Company has relieved me from this heavy burthen of grief, and the delay which has occasioned me much atllic ion, now greatly enhances the value of the ulti mate decision. " To such an extent have my days been prolonged, that I have seen my Indian Administration tried by the unerring test of time, and subjected to the ordeal of a new generation. After the lapse of thirty yeaes all my principles, motives, and views have been fully disclosed, and all their results and consequences fully ascertained and proved ; the Com pany has awarded to me a meed of fame which gives to living honour all the weight and authority of a judgment of posterity. " Grateful for this unprecedented distinction, I prize it still more highly, as it affords a sure pledge that this great empire, added to the British dominions under my administra tion, will be governed in the same spirit by which it was acquired, and that the same energy by which our territories have been secured against the assaults of our enemies in war, will hence be exerted to cultivate the blessings of peace, and to establish our power on the solid foundation of the happi ness and affection of a contented and flourishing people. " I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, - " With the greatest respect, your faithful servant, (Signed) " WELLESLEY." Sir CHARLES FortnEs had heard the contents of the letter of the Noble Marquis with the greatest satisfaction, and be moved that it be printed, as well as that of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, and circulated among the Proprietors. The DEPUTY CHAIRMAN expressed his concurrence in the motion, which was carried. IDOLATROUS 'WORSHIP IN INDIA. Mr. POYNDER then rose to bring to the notice of the Court the resolutions which he had given notice of at the last Gene ral Meeting, and which were as follow : " That the next Quarterly General Court do take into con sideration the answer of the Governor of Madras, addressed to the Venerable the Archdeacon of Madras, bearing date the '2sth of April, conveying the judgment of the Governor- Ge neral in Council, upon the memorial transmitted by the Go vernor of Madras to the Supreme Government, and undersigned by the Venerable the Archdeacon of Madras, and 13 Chaplains of the Company, 37 Missionaries„ and 152 Civil and Military Officers of various ranks and station, complaining that the Christian servants of the Company are compelled to serve offices incompatible with their sacred obligations, and also that Christianity itself is dishonoured in the eyes of the natives by the official sanction and encouragement af forded to those superstitions of idolatry which are destruc tive to the soul and involve apostacy from the only true God ; which memorial was forwarded to the Governor of Madras by the late Bishop of that Presidency on the 6th of August, 1836.—And also that the same Court do take into considera tion a memorial to the Governor in Council of Bombay, signed by the venerable the Archdeacon (now Bishop of Bom bay), the Chaplain of the Church of England, the Missionary of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and va rious civil and military servants of the Honourable Company, praying that the orders of the Company, as expressed in their dispatch to the Supreme Government, dated the 20th of Feb. 1833, may be carried into effect, requiring that in all matters r,Aating to their temples, their worship, their festivals, their religious practices, and their ceremonial observations, our na- tive subjects he left entirely to themselves." The Honourable Proprietor adverted to memorials he had received, signed by the Independent Ministers of Birmingham and by clergymen of Chester, to be laid before the Court of Directors, praying that the pilgrim tax might be immediately abolished ; that the attendance of the Company's servants at Hindoo temples should be prevented, &c. These memorials he (Mr. Poynder) had submitted to Lord Melbourne, and to the Board of Control, but he had taken no part in getting them up. He had been charged with enthusiasm, zeal, and fanaticism on this subject, and of being anxious to excite dissatisfaction among the native population of India—(Hoor.) Ile was content to bear with all these attacks, knowing that there MIS not the slightest foundation for them ; and feeling that the cause he advocated was that of God and religion, and ore that might be opposed by them in power, must and would ul timately prevail. He should persevere in his exertions, re gardless of the imputations as to his motives. After some further remarks, the Honourable Proprietor concluded by proposing the following altered resolution That the Court, adverting to the fact that about five years have now elapsed since the state of the Honourable Director's dis patch of the 20th of February, 1833, expressly enforcing the withdrawal of the encouragement afforded by the Com pany to its officers and servants to the idolatrous wor ship in India, and also directing the relinquishment of the revenue derived from that source; and, further, considering that the principal religious and missionary societies of this country have of late strongly petitioned the Company, the Crown, and the Parliament, against the continuance of the system of patronage and taxation which it was the professed object of that dispatch to abrogate, it he resolved that the time has now fully arrived when it has become the duty of the General Court of Proprietors to submit to the Honou'rable Court of Directors the necessity of requiring that such a dis tinct and unequivocal renewal of the orders contained in the before-mentioned dispatch, may be forthwith transmitted to the Supreme Government of India, as shall have the effect of carrying such dispatch into full and complete operation." The Lion. Proprietor then sat down amidst loud cheers. Mr. HANKEY seconded the motion. _ The DF.PUTY CHAIRMAN moved the following amendment— " That this Court deem the continued public discussion of questions effecting the religious feelings of the natives of India to be fraught with danger, and that the regulation of such mat ters may with more safety be left to the responsible executive." Mr. ASTELL (a Director) seconded the amendment. Mr. POYNDER having said a few words, the Court divided. There a opeared— For the motion ... Against it Majority against the motion The amendment was then put and carried, after which the Court adjourned. • • - MEETING OF THE MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. SPECIAL COUNTY COURT, 11Lincit 20. Mr. CON ANT was voted to the Chair. TILE PROPOSED MAGISTERIAL RULES AS TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS. Mr. J. B. BEAUMONT rose to propose the series of resolu tions received at a former Court, agreed t' by a Committee of Justices to be adopted, and heretofore published in the Morning Advertiser. The CHAIRMAN said, that before the special business for which the Justices had met was gone into, he had to inform the Bench that a petition or memorial had been presented to the Court, together with resolutions, from Gentlemen of the Licensed Victuallers"frale, and from the Protection Society Trade, and the National Association. lie did not know the documents could be received, as notice had not been given. Were the gentlemen who submitted them in Court? Two Gentlemen here stepped forward, when an objection was taken to their being heard. Mr. WILKS spoke in favour of hearing the gentlemen on the floor of Court. After a desultoridiscussion, the resolutions passed at a meeting of the Trade at tie Crown and Anchor, Strand, on Weduesd a y, th e 14t h o f M arc h, ca ll e d b y t h e Li cense d Victuallers' Protection Society, on the part of the London Trade, and the National Association, on the part of the Country Trade, were read by the Clerk of the Peace, but no definite result was come to thereupon, and application on be half of the deputation to addr.ess the Court, was refused. Mr. BEAUMONT then rose and submitted the first of 12 re solutions agreed to by the Committee of Magistrates :—" 1. That the vice of drunkenness and its worst consequences are greatly increased by keeping houses open for the sale of in toxicating liquors in the night time, and on Sunday mornings, and also by supplying strong liquors in such houses to persons when in a state of intoxication." Mr. Beaumont then pro ceeded to state, that drunkenness vt as on the iwrease—that "gin palaces" bad extended, and were productive of the worst consequences, and entailed misery oa thousands of fa milies. He regretted the increasing profligacy at the west end of the town—( Hear and laughter)—and more especially in the Haymarket, where houses were kept open all right. Sir .JOHN JACOB HANSLER seconded it. Mr. LAURIE rose to oppose the motion, contending that drunkenness was not on the increase, which could be proved by official documents. As to the trading on Sunday mornings in public houses, he believed th ere could be but one opinion against it; and he therefore moved as an amendment that it be recommended to her Majesty's Government to insert a clause in the Police Act to be renewed in the present Session of Parliament, that public houses should be closed till one o'clock on Sunday. Capt. FITZGERALI) seconded the amendment, which, how ever, was negati ve d, an d the first resAution was carried. Mr. I.3F.Aumos T (seconded by Sir J. J. lIANsLER) next moved the second resolution :—" That the reasonable ac commodation of the public nertr,heless requires that house, affording refreshments, but not being of an intoxicating na ture, should be open for their reception in the night time, subject to strict regulations, and the vigilant inspection of the police." In doing so Mr. 13eaumont shortly :poke of t excellency of coffee-shops and houss, and the necessity o' their being open all night to wayfaring person,, persons :t• tending markets, printers, and others employed all n'g,t, stating that they would be under the surveillance of the po lice. The woitby Magistrate instituted a comparison be tween co&e-shops and public-houses, arguing that frcm this former murderers and thieves were never apprehended. (Loud laughter.) Mr. LAURIE said he considered the proposed resolution the mcst objectionable—( Ilear)—and very important. The reso lution would in effect alter the law, and take from the magis trates the controul they at present possessed with the appro bation of the Licensed Victuallers. Sir JAMES WILLIAMS reed with the first resolution most completely ; but after that he stopped, and could not but con sider that no body of persons were more oppressed than the Licensed Victuallers.—( Loud cries of " Hear.") y,,f,r. BEAUMONT replied, when " Question" was loudly called 11;.r, and the resolution was negatived by a majority of 21 to 10. The third and fourth resolutions were negatived after a discussion principally upon points of form and rules of Court, and of no moment. Mr. BEAUMONT, after expressing surprise at the rejection of three last resolutions, and briefly reiterating his sentiments on the whole question, moved the sth and most important reso lution :—" 5. Your Committee therefore submit that it be re spectfully recommended to her Majesty's Government to bring in a Bill to limit the hours for the retail sale of strong beer, wine, and spirituous liquors, to between six o'clock in the morning and eleven o'clock at night, and that such houses be cleared of their guests before half-past eleven o'clock at night, but on Sunday mornings that such be not opened before one o'clock, F.M." Mr. CHAMBERS supported it. Mr. LAURIE opposed the resolution. In conclusion, be begged to move, as an amendment to the fifth resolution, " That it be recommended to her Majesty's Government to insert a clause in ti;!' Police Act, that public-houses should not be opened on SundajN till after one o'clock." Capt. FITZGERALD SCCOIHI,..'d the amendment. After a desultory conversation the amendment was put, when there appeared, for it, 6 ; for the ori;"; final motion of Mr. Beau mont (the sth resolution) 22. The CHAIRMAN declared the original mo:ion carried. Several magistrates did not vote, and otheis had left the Court previous to the division. The remaining resolutions it was agreed should otand over; the 9th of April was stated, but there may be an alteration of the day. TILE THAMES TUNNEL. When the last irruption took place, on Tuesday morning, the men in the Tunnel had been just changed. One gang of labourers had been just relieved by another when the M ater began rushing in with a loud noise. Those at. the end of the Tunnel next the shaft, suspected something wrong, and made their escape up the staircase without much difficulty. The men who were about to enter the shield and commence work, hastened along the platforms raised above the floor of the arch way to facilitate the egress of the workmen in the event of an eruption, and all escaped without any injury. In a few minutes: the tunnel was filled. The water burst through in an horizon tal direction, in No. 12 box of the shield, in the western arch. It appears that since the last irruption in October last, the ex cavations had proceeded with more than usual rapidity, owing in a great measure to the enormous quantity of clay thrown down over the Tunnel, which formed an artificial bed of great consist ency. Last week the works were advance three feet—making in all 20 feet added to the Tunnel since the break-in six months ago. At the beginning of the week the soil became very loose, a vein of sand was encountered, and it was found ne cessary to proceed with more than ordinary caution. On Monday night the ground presented some indication of giving way, and much difficulty was experienced in going on with the excavation, and the entrance of the sand and water was only prevented by the intrepidity of some of the old miners. Every precaution was consequently taken to prevent loss of life, which has sometimes attended the breaking in of the river, and the previous indication of danger and the formation of the double gangways enabled the workmen to get away with out losing one of their number. Immediate measures were taken to stop up the aperture, the extent of which was soon ascertained to be of no very great dimensions, and on Tues day and yesterday several barge loads of clay were thrown down over the place where the water broke in. The bags of clay, amounting already to not less than 200 tons, have al ready stopped up the hole, and the steam-engine, it is ex pected, will be set to work this day in pumping the water out of the Tunnel. The directors, engineers, and miners are as sanguine as ever of completing the Tunnel ; and it is said that the last irruption will rather expedite than delay the ex cavations, the soil above having become more condensed by the settlement. The passage of the large steamers over the Tunnel, and the action of their paddle-wheels has consider ably disturbed and loosened the bed of the river, and more than one steamer has grounded within the last few days right over the place where the water rushed in. Au old sloop of war, lined all round with strong wooden fenders, has been prepared, and is to be moored over the end of the Tunnel next to the Middlesex shore, and moved as the excavation proceeds, to prevent the steamers and shipping "swelling the ground" over the Tunnel where the miners are at work. This, it is believed, will render the operations below more secure ; but it cannot be denied that the mooring of a large vessel nearly in the middle of the river, and the throwing down of such large quantities of clay to form an artificial bed, is a most serious obstruction to the navigation. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MARCH 20. NATIONAL EDUCATION.—Da. IVPHALE.—The Archbishop of Tuam and the Dublin Evening Post are at issue—or rather at war, for the strongest language has, been used by either party —on '.he question whether the Reverend Doctor, in denouncing the system of National Education has the concurrence and support of the great body of the Catholic Bishops of Ireland. Dr. M`Hale asserts, that between himself and the Bishops the most perfect unanimity of opinion on the subject prevails ; the Post protests against the presumpton, and declares that the reverse in the fact. Occasioned by this difference between the Doctor and our Contemporary, a conference of the Roman Catholic Clergy was held o❑ the 15th instant, when • resolu tions and a petition to the house of Commons were agreed to, in conformity with the vic%le of his Grace of Tuam. The first resolution gives an unqualified contradiction to the Post, and expresses entire concurrence in the sentiments of Dr. Notwithstanding, however, the publication of these resolutions by the Frccman this morning - , the Dublin _Evening Post, in its publication of the evening, has the following : " NVe, have authority for stating that, in consequence of objections lately urged against the system of National Educa tion, one of the Commissioners addressed a letter to every Catholic Bishop in Ireland except Dr. M'llale, %citl► a view to ascertain if, in the opinion of those Prelates, that system be of such a dangerous tendency that a Catholic Bishop ought not to give it his suction. Of those who base as yet an swered this inquiry (and they have nearly all done so), the great majority have, in the most explicit terms, pronounced. the system to be, in their opinion, safe and useful. Two only have partially disapproved of it ; not, however, so much so as to prevent it from being in free operation, with their permis sion, in the diocese of each." Colonel KENNEDY. —The Freeman says, that whether the cause assigned by the Mail ( whose solution of tie matter was copied into the I.;st number of The Sun) be true o untrue, one thing is quite plain, namely, that Colonel Kennedy acted ry foolishly in offei ing to resign, and the Government very 1N lady in taking him at his word. The Colonel may find some difficulty in procuring so snug a birth as the one ho threw up in a tit of the sullens—the Government will find little difficulty in procuring an equally efficient and far more libsral successor." BALI. AT THE CASTLE.—The usual annual ball in lumzour of St. Patrick—postponed in consequence of the illness of his Excellercy the Lord Lieutenant—was given last evening at the Castle, and, if possible, surpassed in magnificence and splendour any of those given on a former occasion. Ona.NoFism.—We congratulate the Irish Executive on the (Psmissal from office of the gentleman who abetted Orangeism in Monaghan, by appointing as his Under-Sheriff the noto rious factionist " Ssm Grey." It is am ther added to the many proofs that our truly Noble Viceroy is determined to root the pestilence cf Orange malignity tr,,rn the land, and give the people those advantages which they hope for from one in whom they implicitly place the fullest confidence. Waterford Chronicle. THE BRITISH Mme.—We have to complain of the non-re ception of English news for this day's post, in consequence of the incapacity of her Majesty's packets, which the Lords of the Admiralty, contrary to justice, allow to ply between this and flobb's Point. Their Lordships, in our judgment, would act a more becomh.g part by breaking up the station altoge ther, than by permitting it to remain as it is, destitute almost of every useful purpose. Will our city and county Members look to this ?—lbid. Madlle. Taglioni's benefit last month, at St. Peters burgh, produced the enormous sum of 25,000 florins to the tar danseusc. We are requested to state that the new novel, en titled " Topsail Sheet Blocks," by " The Old Sailor," Author of " 'The Greenwich Pensioner," " Nights at Sea," &e., will be published by Mr. Bentley, New Burlington street, on the 2tith. In order to prevent any further delay in the publication of this work, which has been long announced, it has been found necessary to' dispense with the propet;ed illustrations. A reward of 250 ; . , ,nineas has been offered on the part of Lord Viscount Charlemunt fur the discovery of the thieves by whom the extensive jewel robbery was committed on Saturday night last at his Lordship's house, No. 49, Lower Grosvenor -street, the particulars of which have al. ready been stated. The following description of some of the stolen property has been received at the police-offices :--A brilliant single-stone necklace, value 1,600/. ; a pair of diamond top and drop earrings, set transparent ; a cluster diamond bl-occh with enam.l centre, and the name " Alarl" formed with small diamonds in the enamel ; a c!uter medal. lion shaped bro - 7ch with large stone in the coltre; an Irish amethyst set round with Irish diamonda, and a tiara and earrings set in a sim ilar manner ; s everal coral neck• cses'maker' s name laces, a French gold rep eatin g watc h with silver face and vo r e ; t a other rold valuables enamelled not eg e i n : g i.d i ; a n nse. snuff -boa, - d : presenteda to ounted box of greenhis i Lof ord,hip w i t h t h e freedom intajblsue e " llregu e t ;" an ova l of Dublin, and a gold box with the freedom anwher Irish box, subject, stag hunting ;and a specified.